Toy



i. MAISANO.

TOY. AEPLLCATION FILED P58126, 1920.

'Patented Jan. 4, 19.21.

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IGNATIUS MAISANO, F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

TOY.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed February 26, 1920. Serial No. 361,570.

To all @07m/m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IcNAriUs MArsANo, a citizen of the United States,residing at VilmingtOn, in the county of New Castle and State ofDelaware, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy designed to be trundled or moved forwardor backward over the floor or ground, and in such movements to actuateone or more figures loosely supported thereon, and cause bells to ringand iags to flutter for the amuse ment of the child using the device.

With such objects in view the invention consists in the combination andarrange ment of parts hereinafter described, more particularly set forthin the claims and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1isa side elevation of my 1mproved toy. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same,and Fig. 3 mainly a section on a vertical line through the center of thestructure, certain parts not being included sectionally.

indicates a skeleton wheel rotatable on an axle 11 formed of heavy wirewhich, after passing through the wheel hub 12, is bent rearwardly at aright angle on each side of the wheel as at 13 to a point beyond itsperiphery, the two ends 14 being brought together and inserted in a holebored in the end of a wooden handle 15. I prefer 4to construct the wheel10 of a strip of tin of the desired width bent into circular shape, theedges of the strip being rolled inwardly to give the necessarystiffness. The spokes 17 are in two sets, one set being on each side ofthe wheel, said spokes being stamped or made from sheet metal andsoldered to the tubular hub 12. The outer end 18 of each spoke is passedthrough a slot in the rim, after which said end is bent sidewise and maybe soldered if desired.

A U-shaped wire 19 straddles the wheel 10 forward of a vertical linethrough the axle 11, and is secured at its inner ends to the side bars13, somewhat in rear of the axle, by winding these ends around said bars13, as at 20.

Spanning the top of the wheel 10 from the U-shaped wire 19 to the saidbars 13, where they turn inwardly behind the wheel,

are two curved wires 21 which arch over the latter, their ends beingsecured to the bar 13 and wire 19 by loops 22 23, respectively. Thewires 21 at the loops 23 proliect upwardly to form stafl's24 which carryflags 25.

A bell 26 is suspended from each wire 21, each hell having a movableclapper or hammer 27 adapted to be struck by a finger 28 formed by anextension of the end of one or more of the spokes 17. The bell 26 may befixed or hung so as to swing, in either case a flag staff and fiag 29being carried by its support. The wheel l0 and its spokes 17 may bestamped out from a sheet of metal together with the required projectionor projections for ringing the bell.

Within the wheel, between the two sets of spokes, is a figure 30,preferably overbalanced; or if desired, several of such figures may bemounted to swing freely on the hub 12 in the plane of the wheel when thelatter is drawn or pushed or moved backward or forward over the iioor orground.

In the use of my improved toy as the wheel is rolled by the child in theact of trundling the toy, the lingers 28 strike the clappers 27 andsound the bells, and the figure or figures 30 swing forwardly orrearwardly, or may be made to turn somersaults. The bells also will becaused to ring by the rising and falling movement of the handle 15 bythe child in the act of trundling the toy. When a bell is attachedloosely to its wire 21, the flag carried by soY the bell support movingwith the bell will v be given a fluttering motion. Bells differing intype from those shown may be mount ed on the arches 21, and be ofvariant tones.

This toy is simple, inexpensive and attractive to children, and in viewof its construction will stand rough usage.

1. A trundling toy comprising a wheel having a perforated rim, an axlewire the ends of which are bent around the wheel and brought intoparallel relation to each other, a tubular hub mounted on the axle partof said wire, two sets of spokes attached to said hub, one set being ateach side of the wheel and the outer end of each spoke passing through aperforation in the wheel rim, lateral projections or fingers formed byextensions of spokes at the connection between them and the wheel rim,

a handle attached to the extremities of said axle wire, a wheel framesecured to the axle wire and extending over the wheel to the handle, afigure within said wheel adapted to swing freely upon the wheel hub, andbells mounted on said overhead frame having swinging elappers or hammersadapted to engage with fingers of spokes and thus sound the bells.

2. In a trundling toy, a frame, a wheel journaled in said frame7 saidwheel comprising a perforated sheet metal rim, a hub7 and sheet metalspokes radiating from each end of said hub, the outer ends of Certain ofsaid spokes extending through perfora- 15 adapted to engage said ngers7thus sound- 20 ing the bells.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IGNATIUS MAISANO.

Witnesses: I

AGosTINo DAssoRI, NICOLANTONIO M INUTELLO.

